Pollutant Sentence Examples

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  • Plastic bags in the ocean is a well documented water pollutant.

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  • This phenomenon is believed to be caused by more than one particular pollutant.

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  • No energy has been wasted nor has any pollutant been released into the air.

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  • Anything that churns out harmful smoke, toxins, chemicals, or biological substances into the air is considered a pollutant.

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  • Ozone, or tropospheric ozone, is a pollutant formed by the reaction of sunlight on hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.

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  • The cheapest sensors are basic diffusion tubes for one gaseous pollutant.

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  • This is the UK's second most heavily used aquifer, and pollutant transport is therefore of fundamental environmental interest.

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  • Prof. Simon Bottrell - User of sulfur isotopes to establish pathways of pollutant sulfur uptake in forest and peatland ecosystems.

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  • A bacterial endophyte of yellow lupine was modified with genes for degrading an organic pollutant along with genes for antibiotic and nickel resistance.

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  • This makes the smog a secondary pollutant that has its own set of health risks and physical damage to humans.

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  • Manufacturers claim that replacing air particles with ozone particles (an actual pollutant) increases the quality of the air breathed.

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  • Increased exposure to pollutant aerosols under high voltage power lines.

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  • What you may not know is that smog is both a direct result of pollution and is a pollutant in its own right.

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  • Naturally, something that promises to combat this harmful pollutant is a welcome addition to any skincare regimen.

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  • There are many proven technologies available today for reducing air pollutant emissions from pulverized coal fired power plant.

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  • For an accidental pollutant release, such as an oil tanker spill, this is important for cleanup operations.

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  • The process must be carefully controlled to maintain complete oxidation but to minimize thermal NOx formation, which is itself, a pollutant.

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  • The hi-tech paving slabs have a top layer containing titanium dioxide which helps to break down pollutant nitrogen dioxide gas from car fumes.

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  • Accurate prediction of pollutant dispersion is an important area of environmental research.

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  • The aim of the strategy was to reduce the air pollutant impact on human health by reducing airborne concentrations.

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  • They are often accompanied by high pollutant concentrations, traffic impediments due to restricted visibility or wind shear, and interference with health.

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  • A key element within the Part IIA regime for determining whether a site poses a risk, is the pollutant linkage concept.

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  • In the atmosphere is usually oxidized to form sulfur trioxide, a secondary pollutant.

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  • A pollutant is extremely small, only two to ten microns in diameter, or less than one-seventh the size of a diameter of a strand of hair.

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